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How to become a child care home provider in Texas.

The HHS Centralized Background Check Unit is required to do background checks to find out if a person has a criminal history or an abuse and neglect history that might be a risk to the health and safety of children. Background checks are required for Child Care providers, Residential Child Care providers, and Foster and adoptive homes.

Licensing and regulatory information for residential child care operations in Texas.

Texas HHS protects children by regulating and educating child care providers.

IDD Program Eligibility & Support has both advisors and reviewers. Reviewers can help with level of care determinations.

Information for Texas Community Attendant Services (CAS) providers.

Home Delivered Meals provides nutritious noontime meals delivered to people in their homes on a scheduled basis. Meals may also be delivered to a location other than an individual's home, provided the location is within the provider's service area and is approved by the case worker. Those eligible for HDM are aged 18 years or older. An interest list is maintained for people interested in applying for this program. This page contains information for HDM providers.

Licensing and regulation information for Home and Community-based Services (HCS) program providers in Texas.

Each training will offer guidance for the new CMS All-Payer OASIS Submission Requirement, effective Jan. 1, 2025, and mandatory by July 1, 2025. 

Joint Training will be hosting an in-person emergency preparedness training for long-term care providers on April 17.

Beginning April 13, 2025, password requirements to log in to the Child Care Regulation Provider Portal are changing.

HHSC Long-term Care Regulation will host a webinar for HCS, TxHmL, ISS, PI and ICF/IID providers regarding the latest information from LTCR. 

Long-term Care program providers and regulatory staff are invited to attend the following in-person classes hosted in April and May, .

HHSC Long-term Care Regulation will provide an in-person training event for HCS and TxHmL Providers.

HHSC Long-Term Care Regulation will host a webinar for Home and Community Support Services Agencies on April 17 from 11 a.m. to noon.